I
haven’t read many of his books, actually this is the third I get to read, but I
enjoy his writing so much! I love the stories he’s crafting and most of all the
way he presents them to us. If I close my eyes for a moment while reading, it’s
like he’s whispering into my ears! So vivid!

Here’s the tease:

“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a
knife. The knife has a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and
sharper than any razor. If it sliced you, you might not even know you had been
cut, not immediately. The knife had done almost everything it was brought to
that house to do, and both the blade and the knife were wet.”

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This is one of the few Gaiman books I haven't read yet, although I bought a copy, because I'm scared of graveyards! But my sister tells me it's really good, so I should get over my cowardice. Now your post got me interested again. :)

Wow, what an amazing teaser! I've seen The Graveyard Book praised endlessly, but haven't had the chance to check it out myself yet. (And LOL, you're way ahead of me, when it comes to Neil Gaiman. I've only read two of his books so far!)

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Dark Places

I have meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. It’s the Day blood. Something’s wrong with it.

How awesome are these opening lines? How can you not want to read this book and this story? When I started reading it, I thought: Okay, it can’t be better than Sharp Objects. Now, I can’t pick a favorite between the two books.

The book is written in multiple POV’s so we get a very good understanding about each character. We start with Libby and even from the start the pace is fast and right to the point. What I didn’t know but I was thrilled to find out, is that we see both future and past. Meaning that one chapter is about Libby in the present, and the next chapter is about her mom, or her brother back in 1985 a few days before the murders. It’s like this until the end. Present, Past, Present and it goes on.

Switching through time builds tension and as the developments unfold, I found myself looking forward for the next chapter, eager to know what happened in January or curious about Libby’s doings today.

Lies, false testimonies, crappy police work and complicated characters. Gillian Flynn ties them all together, leading you to a journey to Libby’s painful past and the ore painful present.

Dark Places is one of those books I wish I could forget, so I could read it all over again. Just to feel the same thrill and excitement of reading it for the first time.